The City Ground

SEASON: 1920-21

Season count: 29Prev Season: 1919-20
This Season: 1920-21
Next Season: 1921-22

DIVISION: English Second Division (Tier 2)

MANAGER(s):: Bob Masters
FA Cup:: 1st Round (Newcastle United (A) 0-2)

Top Goalscorer:: Jack Spaven (11 goals)

Competitive Games:: 44
Competitive Goals:: 49
Goals per game:: 1.1
League Games:: 42
League Points:: 36 out of 84 (2 points per win)
Points Percentage:: 42.9%

Highest League Attendance:: 25,000 (Notts County)
Lowest League Attendance:: 7,000 (Leeds United)
Average League Attendance:: 13,047
Highest Cup Attendance:: -
Lowest Cup Attendance:: -

Champions:: Burnley
FA Cup:: Tottenham Hotspur
Community Shield:: West Bromwich Albion

SEASON RECORDS

Most Goals scored: 6
6-1 (Sat Dec 25, 1920, Rotherham County, Home, League Tier 2)

Biggest Winning Margin: 5
6-1 (Sat Dec 25, 1920, Rotherham County, Home, League Tier 2)

Most Goals Conceded: 4
0-4 (Sat Sep 04, 1920, Stoke City, Away, League Tier 2)
1-4 (Sat Oct 09, 1920, Port Vale, Home, League Tier 2)

Biggest Losing Margin: 4
0-4 (Sat Sep 04, 1920, Stoke City, Away, League Tier 2)

Clean Sheets:: 12
Yellow Cards:: 0
Red Cards:: 0
Own goals (for):: 0 (scored by opponents for us)
Own goals (against):: 0 (scored by us for opponents)
Penalties scored:: 3
Penalties conceded:: 3
Penalties missed:: 1
Penalties saved:: 0

TABLE

SECOND DIVISION (Tier 2) - 1920-21

SEASON END TABLE								Home					Away								Results
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts	Result	Home	Away
1	Birmingham City	42	24	10	8	79	38	16	4	1	55	13	8	6	7	24	25	2.079	58	Promoted as Champions	1-1	0-3
2	Cardiff City	42	24	10	8	59	32	13	5	3	27	9	11	5	5	32	23	1.844	58	Promoted	1-2	0-3
3	Bristol City	42	19	13	10	49	29	14	3	4	35	12	5	10	6	14	17	1.690	51		0-1	0-1
4	Blackpool	42	20	10	12	54	42	12	3	6	32	19	8	7	6	22	23	1.286	50		3-1	0-1
5	West Ham United	42	19	10	13	51	30	13	5	3	38	11	6	5	10	13	19	1.700	48		1-0	0-3
6	Notts County	42	18	11	13	55	40	12	5	4	36	17	6	6	9	19	23	1.375	47		1-0	0-2
7	Clapton Orient	42	16	13	13	43	42	13	6	2	31	9	3	7	11	12	33	1.024	45		1-1	1-2
8	South Shields	42	17	10	15	61	46	13	4	4	41	16	4	6	11	20	30	1.326	44		1-2	1-0
9	Fulham	42	16	10	16	43	47	14	4	3	33	12	2	6	13	10	35	.915	42		5-1	1-2
10	The Wednesday	42	15	11	16	48	48	9	7	5	31	14	6	4	11	17	34	1.000	41		4-2	0-0
11	Bury	42	15	10	17	45	49	10	8	3	29	13	5	2	14	16	36	.918	40		4-2	2-2
12	Leicester City	42	12	16	14	39	46	10	8	3	26	11	2	8	11	13	35	.848	40		1-2	0-2
13	Hull City	42	10	20	12	43	53	7	10	4	24	18	3	10	8	19	35	.811	40		2-0	3-0
14	Leeds United	42	14	10	18	40	45	11	5	5	30	14	3	5	13	10	31	.889	38		1-0	1-1
15	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	16	6	20	49	66	11	4	6	34	24	5	2	14	15	42	.742	38		1-1	1-2
16	Barnsley	42	10	16	16	48	50	9	10	2	31	17	1	6	14	17	33	.960	36		0-0	0-0
17	Port Vale	42	11	14	17	43	49	7	6	8	28	19	4	8	9	15	30	.878	36		1-4	1-0
18	Nottingham Forest	42	12	12	18	48	55	9	6	6	37	26	3	6	12	11	29	.873	36
19	Rotherham County	42	12	12	18	37	53	8	9	4	23	21	4	3	14	14	32	.698	36		6-1	0-0
20	Stoke City	42	12	11	19	46	56	9	5	7	26	16	3	6	12	20	40	.821	35		2-2	0-4
21	Coventry City	42	12	11	19	39	70	8	6	7	24	25	4	5	12	15	45	.557	35		0-2	0-0
22	Stockport County	42	9	12	21	42	75	8	6	7	30	24	1	6	14	12	51	.560	30	Relegated	1-1	0-1

Points per win: 2

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LEAGUE POSITIONS

GOALS
Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored	18 times	3 times	2 times	2 times	2 times
Conceded	13 times	14 times	3 times	2 times
Won By	5 times	4 times	1 time	1 time	1 time
Lost By	10 times	4 times	4 times	1 time

LEAGUE POSITION ANALYSIS
Analysis of the league positions
This table shows:
(a) how many days we spent in each of the league positions
(b) how we did when we played teams in each of the league positions.

Position days		Record against teams in each position
Forest Pos	Num Days	Opp Pos	P	W	D	L	F	A	Points	Results (Green=win; Blue=draw; Red=loss)
1		1	3	1	-	2	2	5	2	South Shields (1-0), South Shields (1-2), Birmingham City (0-3)
2		2	2	-	1	1	1	4	1	Cardiff City (0-3), Birmingham City (1-1)
3		3	4	1	-	3	2	4	2	Notts County (1-0), Bristol City (0-1), Bristol City (0-1), Cardiff City (1-2)
4		4	2	2	-	-	4	1	4	Port Vale (1-0), Blackpool (3-1)
5		5	3	1	-	2	2	5	2	Port Vale (1-4), Blackpool (0-1), West Ham United (1-0)
6		6	2	-	1	1	1	4	1	Clapton Orient (1-1), West Ham United (0-3)
7	7	7	3	-	-	3	1	8	0	Stoke City (0-4), Notts County (0-2), Clapton Orient (1-2)
8		8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
9	28	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
10	14	10	1	1	-	-	4	2	2	The Wednesday (4-2)
11	9	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
12	5	12	3	2	-	1	10	5	4	Bury (4-2), Rotherham County (6-1), Leicester City (0-2)
13	23	13	3	-	1	2	4	6	1	Bury (2-2), Leicester City (1-2), Wolverhampton Wanderers (1-2)
14	14	14	2	-	2	-	2	2	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers (1-1), Leeds United (1-1)
15	12	15	6	2	3	1	5	2	7	The Wednesday (0-0), Hull City (3-0), Barnsley (0-0), Rotherham County (0-0), Fulham (1-2), Fulham (5-1)
17	42	17	1	1	-	-	2	0	2	Hull City (2-0)
18	9	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
19	7	19	1	-	1	-	0	0	1	Barnsley (0-0)
20	42	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
21	3	21	3	-	2	1	1	3	2	Stockport County (1-1), Coventry City (0-0), Coventry City (0-2)
22		22	1	-	-	1	0	1	0	Stockport County (0-1)

Not included: Week 1 game against Stoke City (2-2) as all teams were unplaced at the time

GAMES

Manager for all games: Bob Masters
League

Week	Date	Time	Opponent	H/A	Score	Att	Pos	Scorers	Status
1	Sat Aug 28, 1920	3:00 pm	Stoke City	H	2-2	20,000	11	Higgins (77'), Spaven (83')
2	Mon Aug 30, 1920	7:45 pm	The Wednesday	A	0-0	30,000	12
3	Sat Sep 04, 1920	3:00 pm	Stoke City	A	0-4	20,000	19
4	Sat Sep 11, 1920	3:00 pm	Notts County	H	1-0	25,000	16	Higgins (29')
5	Sat Sep 18, 1920	3:00 pm	Notts County	A	0-2	25,000	20
6	Sat Sep 25, 1920	3:00 pm	Clapton Orient	H	1-1	12,000	18	Harrold (43')
7	Sat Oct 02, 1920	3:00 pm	Clapton Orient	A	1-2	20,000	19	Jones (90' pen)
8	Thu Oct 07, 1920	7:45 pm	The Wednesday	H	4-2	8,000	16	Bedford (19', 80'), Higgins (50'), Firth (64')
9	Sat Oct 09, 1920	3:00 pm	Port Vale	H	1-4	18,000	17	Spaven (64')
10	Sat Oct 16, 1920	3:00 pm	Port Vale	A	1-0	15,000	16	Spaven (41')
11	Sat Oct 23, 1920	3:00 pm	Bury	A	2-2	15,000	17	Spaven (64', 68')
12	Sat Oct 30, 1920	3:00 pm	Bury	H	4-2	12,000	14	Higgins (11', 62'), Elliott (28', 81')
13	Sat Nov 06, 1920	3:00 pm	South Shields	A	1-0	20,000	13	Spaven (70')
14	Sat Nov 13, 1920	3:00 pm	South Shields	H	1-2	18,000	14	Lythgoe (16')
15	Sat Nov 20, 1920	3:00 pm	Bristol City	A	0-1	22,000	15
16	Sat Nov 27, 1920	3:00 pm	Bristol City	H	0-1	12,000	17
17	Sat Dec 04, 1920	3:00 pm	Hull City	A	3-0	6,000	13	Lythgoe (25'), Higgins (56'), Jones (61' pen)
18	Sat Dec 11, 1920	3:00 pm	Hull City	H	2-0	8,000	13	Spaven (45'), Harrold (50')
19	Sat Dec 18, 1920	3:00 pm	Barnsley	H	0-0	9,000	11
20	Sat Dec 25, 1920	3:00 pm	Rotherham County	H	6-1	14,000	9	Spaven (?, 42', 50'), Harrold (?, 16'), Bedford (26')
21	Mon Dec 27, 1920	7:45 pm	Rotherham County	A	0-0	13,000	9
22	Sat Jan 01, 1921	3:00 pm	Barnsley	A	0-0	16,000	9
23	Sat Jan 15, 1921	3:00 pm	Blackpool	H	3-1	12,000	7	Bedford (50', 74'), Spaven (51')
24	Sat Jan 22, 1921	3:00 pm	Blackpool	A	0-1	9,000	9
25	Sat Feb 05, 1921	3:00 pm	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1-1	14,000	9	Ashmore (8')
26	Sat Feb 12, 1921	3:00 pm	Leicester City	H	1-2	16,000	12	Elliott (55')
27	Mon Feb 14, 1921	7:45 pm	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1-2	18,000	14	Elliott (18')
28	Sat Feb 19, 1921	3:00 pm	Leicester City	A	0-2	18,000	16
29	Sat Feb 26, 1921	3:00 pm	Cardiff City	H	1-2	16,000	16	Harrold (67')
30	Sat Mar 12, 1921	3:00 pm	Fulham	H	5-1	10,000	16	Harrold (17', 33', 77'), Elliott (82'), Dennis (86')
31	Sat Mar 19, 1921	3:00 pm	Fulham	A	1-2	12,000	17	Elliott (58')
32	Fri Mar 25, 1921	7:45 pm	Stockport County	H	1-1	15,000	17	Higgins (?)
33	Sat Mar 26, 1921	3:00 pm	West Ham United	A	0-3	20,000	17
34	Mon Mar 28, 1921	7:45 pm	Stockport County	A	0-1	10,000	20
35	Sat Apr 02, 1921	3:00 pm	West Ham United	H	1-0	10,000	20	Belton (60')
36	Mon Apr 04, 1921	7:45 pm	Cardiff City	A	0-3	20,000	20
37	Sat Apr 09, 1921	3:00 pm	Birmingham City	A	0-3	20,000	20
38	Sat Apr 16, 1921	3:00 pm	Birmingham City	H	1-1	10,000	20	Parker (27' pen)
39	Sat Apr 23, 1921	3:00 pm	Leeds United	A	1-1	12,000	20	Armstrong (9')
40	Sat Apr 30, 1921	3:00 pm	Leeds United	H	1-0	7,000	18	Elliott (26')	Safe
41	Mon May 02, 1921	7:45 pm	Coventry City	A	0-0	18,000	16		Safe
42	Sat May 07, 1921	3:00 pm	Coventry City	H	0-2	8,000	18		Safe

FA Cup

Date	Time	Opponent	Round	Replay	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Sat Jan 08, 1921	3:00 pm	Newcastle United	1		A	1-1	47,652	Bedford (15')
Wed Jan 12, 1921	7:45 pm	Newcastle United	1	1	A	0-2	30,278

Friendly

Date	Time	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Sat Mar 05, 1921	3:00 pm	Arsenal	England	A	1-2	30,000	Higgins (?)
Sat May 14, 1921	3:00 pm	Harold Bulling XI	England	H	4-3	4,000	Hill (?, ?, ?, ?)

Date	Game Type	Opponent	Round	Replay Count	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers	League Status
Manager: Bob Masters
Sat Aug 28, 1920	League Tier 2	Stoke City			H	2-2	20,000	Higgins (77'), Spaven (83')
Mon Aug 30, 1920	League Tier 2	The Wednesday			A	0-0	30,000
Sat Sep 04, 1920	League Tier 2	Stoke City			A	0-4	20,000
Sat Sep 11, 1920	League Tier 2	Notts County			H	1-0	25,000	Higgins (29')
Sat Sep 18, 1920	League Tier 2	Notts County			A	0-2	25,000
Sat Sep 25, 1920	League Tier 2	Clapton Orient			H	1-1	12,000	Harrold (43')
Sat Oct 02, 1920	League Tier 2	Clapton Orient			A	1-2	20,000	Jones (90' pen)
Thu Oct 07, 1920	League Tier 2	The Wednesday			H	4-2	8,000	Bedford (19', 80'), Higgins (50'), Firth (64')
Sat Oct 09, 1920	League Tier 2	Port Vale			H	1-4	18,000	Spaven (64')
Sat Oct 16, 1920	League Tier 2	Port Vale			A	1-0	15,000	Spaven (41')
Sat Oct 23, 1920	League Tier 2	Bury			A	2-2	15,000	Spaven (64', 68')
Sat Oct 30, 1920	League Tier 2	Bury			H	4-2	12,000	Higgins (11', 62'), Elliott (28', 81')
Sat Nov 06, 1920	League Tier 2	South Shields			A	1-0	20,000	Spaven (70')
Sat Nov 13, 1920	League Tier 2	South Shields			H	1-2	18,000	Lythgoe (16')
Sat Nov 20, 1920	League Tier 2	Bristol City			A	0-1	22,000
Sat Nov 27, 1920	League Tier 2	Bristol City			H	0-1	12,000
Sat Dec 04, 1920	League Tier 2	Hull City			A	3-0	6,000	Lythgoe (25'), Higgins (56'), Jones (61' pen)
Sat Dec 11, 1920	League Tier 2	Hull City			H	2-0	8,000	Spaven (45'), Harrold (50')
Sat Dec 18, 1920	League Tier 2	Barnsley			H	0-0	9,000
Sat Dec 25, 1920	League Tier 2	Rotherham County			H	6-1	14,000	Spaven (?, 42', 50'), Harrold (?, 16'), Bedford (26')
Mon Dec 27, 1920	League Tier 2	Rotherham County			A	0-0	13,000
Sat Jan 01, 1921	League Tier 2	Barnsley			A	0-0	16,000
Sat Jan 08, 1921	FA Cup	Newcastle United	1		A	1-1	47,652	Bedford (15')
Wed Jan 12, 1921	FA Cup	Newcastle United	1	1	A	0-2	30,278
Sat Jan 15, 1921	League Tier 2	Blackpool			H	3-1	12,000	Bedford (50', 74'), Spaven (51')
Sat Jan 22, 1921	League Tier 2	Blackpool			A	0-1	9,000
Sat Feb 05, 1921	League Tier 2	Wolverhampton Wanderers			H	1-1	14,000	Ashmore (8')
Sat Feb 12, 1921	League Tier 2	Leicester City			H	1-2	16,000	Elliott (55')
Mon Feb 14, 1921	League Tier 2	Wolverhampton Wanderers			A	1-2	18,000	Elliott (18')
Sat Feb 19, 1921	League Tier 2	Leicester City			A	0-2	18,000
Sat Feb 26, 1921	League Tier 2	Cardiff City			H	1-2	16,000	Harrold (67')
Sat Mar 05, 1921	Friendly	Arsenal			A	1-2	30,000	Higgins (?)
Sat Mar 12, 1921	League Tier 2	Fulham			H	5-1	10,000	Harrold (17', 33', 77'), Elliott (82'), Dennis (86')
Sat Mar 19, 1921	League Tier 2	Fulham			A	1-2	12,000	Elliott (58')
Fri Mar 25, 1921	League Tier 2	Stockport County			H	1-1	15,000	Higgins (?)
Sat Mar 26, 1921	League Tier 2	West Ham United			A	0-3	20,000
Mon Mar 28, 1921	League Tier 2	Stockport County			A	0-1	10,000
Sat Apr 02, 1921	League Tier 2	West Ham United			H	1-0	10,000	Belton (60')
Mon Apr 04, 1921	League Tier 2	Cardiff City			A	0-3	20,000
Sat Apr 09, 1921	League Tier 2	Birmingham City			A	0-3	20,000
Sat Apr 16, 1921	League Tier 2	Birmingham City			H	1-1	10,000	Parker (27' pen)
Sat Apr 23, 1921	League Tier 2	Leeds United			A	1-1	12,000	Armstrong (9')
Sat Apr 30, 1921	League Tier 2	Leeds United			H	1-0	7,000	Elliott (26')	Safe
Mon May 02, 1921	League Tier 2	Coventry City			A	0-0	18,000		Safe
Sat May 07, 1921	League Tier 2	Coventry City			H	0-2	8,000		Safe
Sat May 14, 1921	Friendly	Harold Bulling XI			H	4-3	4,000	Hill (?, ?, ?, ?)

	Possession %	On Target	Off Target	Corners	Fouls	Saves
Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	H/A	Score	Att	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp
Sat Jan 08, 1921	Newcastle United	1		A	1-1	47,652
Wed Jan 12, 1921	Newcastle United	1	1	A	0-2	30,278

	Possession %	On Target	Off Target	Corners	Fouls	Saves
Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Att	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp
Sat Mar 05, 1921	Arsenal	England	A	1-2	30,000
Sat May 14, 1921	Harold Bulling XI	England	H	4-3	4,000

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (10) - £0				Out (13) - £0
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
	Alfred Donovan	Bought			Alfred Davis	Sold
	Charles Lyall	Bought			Alfred Donovan	Sold
	George Dennis	Bought			Charles Lyall	Sold
	George Jones	Bought			George Jones	Sold
	James Bell	Bought			Harry Bedford	Sold
June 1920	Sandy Higgins	Bought			James Bell	Sold
	Sidney Harrold	Bought			John Lythgoe	Sold
1920	Tom Elliott	Bought			Lawrence Stapleton	Sold
Jul 01, 1920	Alfred Bennett	Bought			Sandy Higgins	Sold
Jan 28, 1921	Richard Ashmore	Bought		1921	Joseph Johnson	Sold
				1921	Joseph Orme	Sold
				1921	Tom Elliott	Sold
				Mar 28, 1921	Robert Firth	Sold

SQUAD

*Age = Player age on August 1st					Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	Country	Age*	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
Goalkeepers
GK		Alfred Bennett	England	21	21	4	8	9
GK		Joseph Johnson	England		17	6	4	7
GK		Joseph Orme	England	35	6	2	1	3
Defenders
D		Fred Parker	England	26	34	10	10	14	1
D		Harold Bulling	England	29	41	11	13	17
D		Harry Jones	England	29	43	11	13	19	2
Midfielders
M		Alfred Davis	England	23	6		3	3
M		Charles Lyall			1			1
M		George Jones	England	23	8	4	1	3
M		Harry Bedford	England	20	15	3	4	8	6
M		Joe Mills	England	25	4	2		2
M		Richard Ashmore		27	10	1	2	7	1
M		Robert Firth	England	33	18	7	2	9	1
Forwards
F		Alfred Donovan			3		1	2
F		George Dennis	England	22	14	3	4	7	1
F		Harold Hill	England	20
F		Jack Armstrong	England	36	40	10	13	17	1
F		Jack Spaven	England	28	30	10	10	10	11
F		Jackie Belton	England	25	41	11	13	17	1
F		James Bell			1	1
F		John Lythgoe	England	28	23	7	9	7	2
F		Lawrence Stapleton	England	27	1			1
F		Percy Barratt	England	21	5	2	1	2
F		Sandy Higgins	Scotland	34	35	11	11	13	7
F		Sidney Harrold	England	25	39	10	12	17	8
F		Tom Elliott	England	30	28	6	8	14	7

		Waterall

GOALSCORERS

Number of different scorers: 13

Goals (Pens)	Player	Num Games
11	Jack Spaven	30
8	Sidney Harrold	39
7	Sandy Higgins	35
7	Tom Elliott	28
6	Harry Bedford	15
2	Harry Jones	43
2	John Lythgoe	23
1	Fred Parker	34
1	George Dennis	14
1	Jack Armstrong	40
1	Jackie Belton	41
1	Richard Ashmore	10
1	Robert Firth	18

LEAGUE DOUBLES (FOR)
Home and away victories for the season

	Game 1				Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score		Date	H/A	Score
Hull City	Sat Dec 04, 1920	Away	3-0		Sat Dec 11, 1920	Home	2-0

LEAGUE DOUBLES (AGAINST)
Home and away losses for the season

	Game 1			Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Bristol City	Sat Nov 20, 1920	Away	0-1	Sat Nov 27, 1920	Home	0-1
Cardiff City	Sat Feb 26, 1921	Home	1-2	Mon Apr 04, 1921	Away	0-3
Leicester City	Sat Feb 12, 1921	Home	1-2	Sat Feb 19, 1921	Away	0-2